Prefabricated nail keg



May 22, 1951 J. D. MGINTYRE PREFABRICATED NAIL KEG `2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 12, 1947 l l x l L; l

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ATTRN EYE May 22, 1951 J. D. MCINTYRE PREFABRICATED NAIL KEG 2 sheds-sheet 2 Filed Aug. 12, 1.947

Patented May 22, 1951 HSE 1 Claim.

My present invention relates to an improved nail keg and more particularly to a pre-iabricated keg which may be constructed at the factory and shipped flat unassembled, and may with facility and ease be assembled at the nail shipping establishment.

The construction of the assembled keCr of my invention is such that a dual wall is provided so that loss of even small nails is eliminated and losses in shipping will be reduced to a minimum.

Two types of containers commonly used by steel mills for nails, spikes, nuts and bolts are: 1. The common nail keg made of` staves sawn to shape at the stave mills and fabricated into the keg with heading (top and bottom) later. Due to the bulkiness of the kegs they cannot be prefabricated by machine before they reach the point where they are used, therefore they must be put together by hand at the point of use. 2. The wirebound cleated frame rectangular box made of veneer or resawn lumber and stitched together in an automatic stapling machine. This container is shipped knocked-down form and quickly assembled by a simple operation at the point of use. It can be constructed with less weight than a keg in that it uses light weight Veneer bound with steel wire. One disadvantage of this box is that it is almost impossible to get uniformity enough in the quality of material and construction to make it "nail tight and the small nails will work out through the small cracks and corners. To overcome this a corrugated paper board liner is used to close all cracks and causes the expense of a paper box within a wirebound box.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention according to the best mode I have thus far devised, but it will be understood that Various changes and alterations may be made in the exemplified structure within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational View of the keg of my invention assembled.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof at line 2-2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view at line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail View of the head securing strap.

Fig. 5 is a plan View of the unassembled keg.

Fig. 6 is an end View thereof.

Fig. '7 is a sectional view at line 'l--1 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a detail view of the means for securing the inner and outer slats of the layers.

Referring now to the drawings I provide an outer series of slats 2 abutting along the sides thereof and secured by Wires 4, 5, 6 and 1 stapled at 8, the staples for wires 5 and 5 extending through the slats 2 into and through the inner slats i5 and crimped at l2.

The inner slats are shorter than the outer slats 2 and terminate in. spaced relation to the straps l5 secured to the slats 2 at ifi. It will be seen that the staples pass eccentrically through the outer and inner slats to hold the slats on the wires 6i, 5, 5 and l.

To assemble the keg the flat wail comprising the slats is curved into a circle and the lower head i8 is inserted. As the wall is curved the straps i5 will become crenellated and will retain the head between the straps and the lower ends of the inner slats. The wires d, 5 and 5 may be twisted at 2t and tightened.

The keg is then filled and the upper head 22 inserted and the wire l is tightened and twisted.

As best seen in Fig. 3, the slats 2 and I form polygonal containers with the angles between the slats of each series alternating with the angles of the slats of the outer series forming triangular spaces 24 therebetween.

Thus a dual container is provided, the inner one spacing and supporting the end heads, and

the outer securing the end heads and providing a protective enclosure for the inner container.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A pre-fabricated nail keg comprising inner and outer slats overlapping one another in side by side relationship, wires extending across the outer slats and staples for holding the wires to the slats having their ends folded over to retain the slats in xed relation to each other, and said inner slats being of less length than said outer slats to provide insets at the outer ends of the inner slats, straps connected to the ends of the outer slats within the inset, and forming crenellations as the slats are rolled into a keg with the wires having their ends connected together, said straps when crenellated adapted to provide means for retaining heads 0f the keg within the inset, and heads disposed within the slats and abutting with the crenellations to be retained by the same.

JAMES D. MCINTYRE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 322,641 Reed July 21, 1885 1,225,665 Limoncello May 8, 1917 1,361,880 Le Fevre Dec. 14, 1920 2,375,122 McConnell May 1, 1945 

